Apparatus and Method for Addressing Road Users in Wireless Communications

1. An apparatus for a first transportation vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a wireless communication interface for communicating with one or more transportation vehicles located in a vicinity of the first transportation vehicle; and a control module configured to: generate an environmental perception message based on a perception model of an environment of the first transportation vehicle, wherein the perception model represents a plurality of detected objects identified by the first transportation vehicle using one or more perception sensors of the first transportation vehicle, the environmental perception message comprising the plurality of detected objects, broadcast the environmental perception message to the one or more transportation vehicles located in a vicinity of the first transportation vehicle via the wireless communication interface, identify and select one or more second transportation vehicles among the plurality of detected objects, and transmit one or more wireless messages to the one or more second transportation vehicles via the wireless communication interface, wherein the one or more second transportation vehicles are addressed as destination of the one or more wireless messages by referencing one or more objects of the plurality of detected objects corresponding to the one or more second transportation vehicles within the environmental perception message, wherein the one or more second transportation vehicles include a second control module that sends one or more responses to the one or more wireless messages from the first transportation vehicle, wherein the one or more responses are received from the one or more second transportation vehicles by addressing the first transportation vehicle by a temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle that is formulated based on the environmental perception message of the first transportation vehicle sent to the one or more second transportation vehicles.

2. An apparatus for communication between one or more transportation vehicles including a first transportation vehicle and a second transportation vehicle, the apparatus being in the second transportation vehicle and comprising: a wireless communication interface for communicating with the one or more transportation vehicles including the first transportation vehicle and being located in a vicinity of the second transportation vehicle; and a control module configured to: receive an environmental perception message from the first transportation vehicle via the wireless communication interface, wherein the environmental perception message is based on a perception model of an environment of the first transportation vehicle, wherein the perception model represents a plurality of detected objects identified by the first transportation vehicle using one or more perception sensors of the first transportation vehicle, the environmental perception message comprising the plurality of detected objects, receive one or more wireless messages from the first transportation vehicle, wherein one or more second transportation vehicles are addressed as destination of the one or more wireless messages by referencing one or more objects of the plurality of detected objects corresponding to the one or more second transportation vehicles within the environmental perception message, identify the transportation vehicle among the plurality of detected objects of the perception model, send one or more responses to the first transportation vehicle, wherein the one or more responses are received from the second transportation vehicle by addressing the first transportation vehicle by a temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle that is formulated based on the environmental perception message of the first transportation vehicle sent to second transportation vehicle.

3. A method for a first transportation vehicle, the method comprising: generating an environmental perception message based on a perception model of an environment of the first transportation vehicle, wherein the perception model represents a plurality of detected objects identified by the first transportation vehicle using one or more perception sensors of the first transportation vehicle, the environmental perception message comprising the plurality of detected objects; broadcasting the environmental perception message to one or more transportation vehicles located in a vicinity of the first transportation vehicle; identifying and selecting one or more second transportation vehicles among the plurality of detected objects; transmitting one or more wireless messages to the one or more second transportation vehicles, wherein the one or more second transportation vehicles are addressed as destination of the one or more wireless messages by referencing one or more objects of the plurality of detected objects corresponding to the one or more second transportation vehicles within the environmental perception message, receiving one or more responses to the one or more wireless messages from the one or more second transportation vehicles, wherein the one or more responses are received from the one or more second transportation vehicles by addressing the first transportation vehicle by a temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle that is formulated based on the environmental perception message of the first transportation vehicle sent to the one or more second transportation vehicles.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more wireless messages comprise or indicate a temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle, wherein the first transportation vehicle is addressed within the one or more responses based on the temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising renewing the temporary identifier based on a validity criterion.

6. The method of claim 3 , further comprising: receiving one or more further environmental perception messages from the one or more second transportation vehicles, wherein the one or more further environmental perception messages are based on one or more perception models of an environment of the one or more second transportation vehicles, wherein the first transportation vehicle is addressed within the one or more responses by referencing the first transportation vehicle within the one or more perception models of the environment of the one or more second transportation vehicles.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more wireless messages comprise a request for a connected vehicle service, wherein the one or more responses to the one or more wireless messages indicate that the respective second transportation vehicles are willing to provide the connected vehicle service.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more wireless messages comprise or indicate a temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle, wherein the temporary identifier is valid for a duration of the connected vehicle service.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising initiating the connected vehicle service based on the one or more responses to the one or more wireless messages.

10. A method for communication between one or more transportation vehicles include a first transportation vehicle and a second transportation vehicle, the method comprising: receiving an environmental perception message from the first transportation vehicle, wherein the environmental perception message derived from a perception model of an environment of the first transportation vehicle, wherein the perception model represents a plurality of detected objects identified by the first transportation vehicle using one or more perception sensors of the first transportation vehicle, the environmental perception message comprising the plurality of detected objects; receiving one or more wireless messages from the first transportation vehicle, wherein the second transportation vehicle is addressed as the destination of the one or more wireless messages, and wherein the address is determined by referencing one or more objects of the plurality of detected objects corresponding to the second transportation vehicle within the environmental perception message; wherein determining the address comprises identifying the second transportation vehicle among the plurality of detected objects of the perception model; transmitting a response to the one or more wireless messages in response to the transportation vehicle being one of the one or more second transportation vehicles; receiving one or more responses to the one or more wireless messages from the second transportation vehicle, wherein the one or more responses are received from the second transportation vehicle by addressing the first transportation vehicle by a temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle that is formulated based on the environmental perception message of the first transportation vehicle sent to the second transportation vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more wireless messages comprise or indicate a temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle, wherein the first transportation vehicle is addressed within the response based on the temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising: generating a further environmental perception message based on a further perception model of an environment of the transportation vehicle, wherein the further perception model of the environment of the transportation vehicle represents a further plurality of detected objects identified by the transportation vehicle using one or more perception sensors of the transportation vehicle, broadcasting the further environmental perception message to one or more transportation vehicles located in a vicinity of the transportation vehicle, wherein the first transportation vehicle is addressed within the response by referencing an object of the further plurality of detected objects corresponding to the first transportation vehicle.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program having program code, the computer program executable to provide functionality for a first transportation vehicle to: generate an environmental perception model based on a sensed environment surrounding a first transportation vehicle, wherein the sensed environment includes a plurality of detected objects identified by the first transportation vehicle using one or more perception sensors, generate an environmental perception message based on the environmental perception model, the environmental perception message comprising the plurality of detected objects; identify and select one or more second transportation vehicles among the plurality of detected objects; and transmit one or more wireless messages to the one or more second transportation vehicles, wherein the one or more second transportation vehicles are addressed as destination of the one or more wireless messages by referencing one or more objects of the plurality of detected objects corresponding to the one or more second transportation vehicles within the environmental perception message; broadcast the environmental perception message to one or more second transportation vehicles located in a vicinity of the first transportation vehicle, receive one or more responses to the one or more wireless messages from the one or more second transportation vehicles, wherein the one or more responses are received from the one or more second transportation vehicles by addressing the first transportation vehicle by a temporary identifier of the first transportation vehicle that is formulated based on the environmental perception message of the first transportation vehicle sent to the one or more second transportation vehicle.